THERE was a 22 per cent year-on-year increase to 183 pirate attacks in Asian waters last year, 75 per cent of the global total, according to an intergovernmental anti-piracy group.
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) released its global report for 2014 showing there were 245 actual and attempted acts of piracy worldwide last year.
In 2013, piracy in Asia accounted for less than 60 per cent of the total. However, attacks in Asia are mainly low-level theft compared with kidnappings and more violent hijackings off West Africa and Somalia.
The number of attacks in Asia last year is the highest since 2006, when the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP), a co-ordinating body with 20 government members, started compiling incident reports.
PIRACY
25 January 2015 - 22:34
75pc of pirate attacks in Asian waters, incidents rise 22cp in 2014
THERE was a 22 per cent year-on-year increase to 183 pirate attacks in Asian waters last year, 75 per cent of the global total, according to an intergovernmental anti-piracy group.
PIRACY
25 January 2015 - 22:34
75pc of pirate attacks in Asian waters, incidents rise 22cp in 2014
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